Grafton vs Hanlontown

A side-by-side comparison of Grafton and Hanlontown: population, income, housing, and more.

Grafton and Hanlontown are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hanlontown has the higher population (243 vs 233 in Grafton). Hanlontown has the higher median household income ($70,729 vs $52,188 in Grafton). Hanlontown has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $94,600 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Hanlontown
Population	233	243
Median age	51.2 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$70,729
Median home value	$94,600	$107,100
Median gross rent	$655	$781
Housing units	136	115
Homeownership rate	67.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Hanlontown
Population	225 → 233 (+3.6%)	182 → 243 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$60,781 → $52,188 (-14.1%)	$72,857 → $70,729 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $94,600 (+16.6%)	$91,700 → $107,100 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $655 (+34.2%)	$545 → $781 (+43.3%)

Grafton

Population

225233

Median household income

$60,781$52,188

Median home value

$81,100$94,600

Median gross rent

$488$655

Hanlontown

Population

182243

Median household income

$72,857$70,729

Median home value

$91,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$545$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grafton	Hanlontown
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	24.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	18.5%	8.6%
75 and over	4.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Hanlontown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Hanlontown
No high school diploma	12.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Hanlontown
Drove alone	78.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Hanlontown
1-unit, detached	88.2%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Hanlontown
Poverty rate	11.6%	2.5%
Average household size	1.78	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938